Storia strana su di una terrazza romana (1998)
Directed by Luciano Pinto
Cast
Federico Sorice……….Bruno Napolitano
Dolores, sua moglie……….Lina Del Borrello
Valeria, loro figlia……….Michelle Valdrighi
Argentina, cameriera……….Lorenza Biagioni
Renato Vastola……….Giuseppe Fulgaro
Luciano Rampaldo……….Luciano Pinto
Don Cesare……….Nick Cappa
Tarquinio Prugnone, farmacista……….Giovanni Conte
Givanni, commesso……….Tony Rapanaro
Oscar Saliscendi, investigatore……….Pietro Celi
Lidraulico……….Carlo Sportiello
La Vicina……….Nicoletta Ciampini
Bonna Violante, fantasma……….Belinda Ciampini-Civiletti
Lancilloto, fantasma……….Fabio Civiletti
La ai???voceai??? di Scugnizzo……….Enzo Sirna
In 1973, Luigi De Filippoai??i??s first major play, Storia strana su di una terrazza romana, was performed in Rome at the Teatro Parioli, and it was followed by a number of other successful plays including Come e perchAi?? crollA? il Colosseo (1974) and Buffo napoletano (1986). Luigiai??i??s plays often revolve around the Family, over which he invariably casts a critical eye because of the hold it tries to maintain over the individualai??i??s desire for freedom and the need to be different from the rest ai??i?? ai???essere se stessiai??? or to ai???to be oneselfai??? ai??i?? which for the most part the members of the younger generation feel compelled to do in ways which often meet with the disapproval of other members of their family. In this ai???storia stranaai??? the author is particularly critical of the weaknesses inherent in all the characters taking part in this somewhat grotesque comedy, by using the ai???talkingai??? and very nosy family dog, Scugnizzo, to bring out one main point: everyone is entitled to choose how to live but they must always be mindful of the feelings and sensibility of others, because in the end everyone has to face up to oneai??i??s own conscience and deeper awareness of self.